Professor Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He has published over 100 articles and 30 books focussing on the implications of globalisation and technology on education.

Yong believes that the education system is outdated and the focus ought to be on giving students the autonomy to take control of their learning.

Yong’s hope for the future of education:

“I really hope that students can be treated as human beings when they come to school; that is, they have passion, intention, they are nurtured as learners, and they want to be creative - and schools ought to respect that. To understand that we don’t get students ready for the future, we get them ready to create the future.”

Yong Zhao

Join us for this episode where Paul, Gabrielle, and Yong dive into what the education industry needs and how creativity plays a role in educating young people.

Further Reading

BOOKS/ARTICLES MENTIONED:

"World Class Learners" by Yong Zhao

"Learning for Uncertainty" by G. Williamson McDiarmid and Yong Zhao 

"Democratising Creative Educational Experiences" by Ronald A Beghetto and Yong Zhao

ORGANISATIONS MENTIONED:
American Educational Research Association – Review of Educational Research
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1:32 Why do we need to educate with creativity and entrepreneurial thinking in mind?
• 3:50 What has changed in education in the last ten years?
• 5:55 What would you say to the Minister for Education?
• 10:00 Do you think creativity can be taught?
• 14:31 How do we go about teaching creativity in schools?
• 30:00 Giving students more control and Interdisciplinary Study Time
• 34:25 Entrepreneurship in education
• Can you measure creativity?
• 39:40 What is your hope for the future of education?

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CONNECT WITH GABRIELLE KEMPTON 
Visit >> https://realmsofthinking.com.au/
 

CONNECT WITH YONG ZHAO

LinkedIn >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-pallant/
Twitter >> @YongZhaoEd

#education #creativity #futureofeducation

Learn about the blockchain, NFTs and the technology behind the metaverse.

“Let’s be open to the possibility of it [metaverse] augmenting our experience – I think that is where I see the potential – it’s not about replacing what we’re doing, but complementing what we do.”

BOOKS MENTIONED:
“Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline
 

ORGANISATIONS MENTIONED:
Facebook/Meta
Jimmy Rees, Comedian
Guild of Guardians, computer game
Immutable, Australian company
 

ARTICLES BY JASON
My first NFT: Why they’re not easy to buy – yet

TABLE OF CONTENTS
• 1:00 Jason’s background and how he came to be interested in consumer behaviour, blockchain, NFTs and the metaverse
• 3:12 What is an NFT, blockchain and the metaverse?
• 8:10 What’s the appeal of NFTs and what does it tell us about consumer behaviour?
• 10:20 What NFTs has Jason bought and why?
• 12:51 How is the technology improving?
• 15:22 What is the metaverse and why do people want to go there and escape the real world?
• 15:42 Should parents be frightened of this metaverse?
• 22:06 Where’s all this headed?
• 25:22 What advice would you give to parents and students about this brave new world?
 

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CONNECT WITH JASON PALLANT
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Twitter >> @DrJRetail

#metaverse #nfts #blockchain #web3.0

In the first episode in Season 2 of the Accelerating Change podcast, Dr Paul Browning speaks with Sue Keay, Founder and Chair of Robotics Australia Group.

Sue grew up in Newcastle, NSW where she studied earth sciences at university, specialising in isotope geochemistry, before making her way to the tech industry and moving to Queensland. Since then, Sue has been responsible for setting up the world’s first robotic vision research centre, Australian Centre for Robotic Vision, and has also led the development of Australia’s first Robotics roadmap outlining how robotics and automation will impact on every sector of the Australian economy.

Further Reading

BOOKS MENTIONED:

"The Future” by Al Gore

"Thank you for being late" by Thomas Friedman

"Sapiens" by Youval Hari

ORGANISATIONS MENTIONED:

Silicon Valley Robotics

European Union's approach to regulation of tech giants

KEY GROWTH SECTORS AND SKILLS

• Computer science
• Machine learning engineers
• Data science
• Electrical and mechanical engineering
• Agriculture

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1:00 Sue's background
• 6:40 What is AI?
• 9:05 Is AI coming or is it already here?
• 11:00 What are the ethical dimensions of AI? Just because we can, should we?
• 12:30 The gender gap in AI and robotics
• 14:45 Should we be frightened of the future of AI and what it means for humans?
• 15:42 The dangers of technology - digital literacy and influence of tech giants
• 18:23 How can we empower ourselves to make a difference?
• 21:18 Job displacement, job invention and education
• 27:25 Advice for young people to get into robotics or quantum computing

CONNECT WITH PAUL BROWNING

Visit >> www.acceleratingchange.com.au
LinkedIn >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldbrowning/

CONNECT WITH SUE KEAY

LinkedIn >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-keay-b9a8933/

Twitter >> @suekeay

#robotics #artificialintelligence #education 

We're excited to release Season 2 of the Accelerating Change podcast!

Join Paul Browning for a conversation about the future with special guests as we explore Artificial Intelligence (AI), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and educational leadership.

Don't miss the release of the first episode on Wednesday, 11 May by subscribing to the podcast on the Accelerating Change website.

https://acceleratingchange.com.au/

For now, enjoy the teaser trailer.

In this episode of Accelerating Change, Dr Paul Browning speaks with Dr Andrew Browning AM, who is an Australian-trained obstetrician, gynaecologist and senior fistula surgeon.

In 2001, Andrew joined Dr Catherine Hamlin in her first fistula hospital in Ethiopia and five years later took charge of the first regional Hamlin Fistula hospital. In 2009 he started his own charity, the Barbara May Foundation, to take the work that the Hamlins had started out of Ethiopia to the rest of Africa, and focus more on fistula prevention.

Today, Andrew divides his time between Australia and Africa. He was named as a Member of the Order of Australia in 2019 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to improving maternal health care for women in poverty.

Andrew and Paul discuss the similarities and differences between the developed and developing world, how to stay grounded in an era of accelerating change, and whether there is hope for the future.

• "The hospital by the river", by Catherine Hamlin, https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-hospital-by-the-river-catherine-hamlin/book/9781743537817.html
• "Healing Lives", by Sue Williams, https://store.hamlin.org.au/products/healinglives
• "Thank you for Being Late: an Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations", by Thomas L. Friedman, https://www.amazon.com.au/Thank-You-Being-Late-Accelerations/dp/0374273537
• "A Doctor in Africa", by Dr Andrew Browning, https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760983017/

In the second episode of the Accelerating Change podcast, Dr Paul Browning speaks with Leanne Kemp, Former Chief Entrepreneur, QLD and CEO of Everledger.

Leanne grew up in Brisbane where she studied commerce at university for around 18 months before she started her first company in technology. Since then, Leanne has been pushing boundaries by addressing real-world challenges through driving transparency and trust along global supply chains using emerging technology – blockchain. Leanne is an appointed member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Blockchain Business Council and a Co-Chair for the World Trade Board’s Sustainable Trade Action Group. She is also on the IBM Blockchain Platform Board of Advisors. Her leadership role in technology has been recognised, winning awards including Innovator of the Year 2018 at the Women in IT Awards (London).

Join us for this episode where Paul and Leanne dive into innovation logic, developing a tolerance for risk and resilience, and whether or not entrepreneurs are born or made.

“You’ve got to perfect the art of being a ‘loser’ in order to be a great entrepreneur.”

Al Gore “The Future” - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009MYD9EE/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1

• 0:35 Leanne’s background
• 2:58 Innovators vs Entrepreneurs
• 4:32 Entrepreneurial Pathways – learning to fail
• 6:40 Teamwork and Intrapreneurship
• 9:41 The future 
• 13:33 Keeping up with change - education

CONNECT WITH PAUL BROWNING

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CONNECT WITH LEANNE KEMP

LinkedIn >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/leannekemp

Twitter >> @leanne_kemp

#entrepreneur #resilience #innovationlogic 

In the inaugural episode of the Accelerating Change podcast, Dr Paul Browning speaks with Mr Paul Compton, the Global Head of Banking at Barclays Bank in New York City.   

Paul grew up in Aspley and attended St Paul’s School from 1977 to 1981.  He then completed a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics at the University of Queensland before beginning his corporate career at Ernst and Young in Brisbane.  He then transferred to New York City where he worked for 20 years with JP Morgan.  He then joined Barclays Bank as its COO before becoming its President and, ultimately, Global Head of Banking.

Paul talks about the challenges of having to relocate a workforce of 80,000 employees to be able to work from home within a matter of weeks, what changes Covid has accelerated, answers questions from students and makes some predictions about the future.

1:00 – Paul Compton’s background

3:30 – the impact of Covid in the USA and its flow-on effects on business

7:20 – Planning for a crisis and learning from a crisis

10:00 – Changes that have accelerated such as flexible work arrangements and AI

16:00 – Career advice for young people

22:00 – Questions from students

28:00 – Advice for parents

Carol De Whip “Mindset” - https://www.amazon.com.au/Mindset-Carol-S-Dweck/dp/0345472322

CONNECT WITH PAUL BROWNING

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LinkedIn >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldbrowning/

Episode Transcript https://acceleratingchange.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Accelerating-Change-S1-E1-Paul-Compton.pdf 

#acceleratingchange #employment